Title: Reverend Joseph Baron Silas Collection, 1981-2018
Arrangement
The donated items in this collection are arranged bySilas' personal papers, hair care products and artifacts.
Abstract
The Reverend Joseph Baron Silas was born February 20, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia. After relocating to Florida in elementary school, Silas spent his teenagers in Miami where he began Miami Northwestern Senior High School.
After graduating from Florida Memorial University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Silas became active in Miami-Dade county. Silas co-founded the Federation of Black Employees in addition to be an ordained minister at the Allen Chapel sector of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Reverend Joseph Baron Silas Collection was donated his granddaughter, Regina Thomas.